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2 years ago

Briefly explain why an unbalanced chemical equation cannot fully describe a reaction?

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From the conservation of mass, matter is not created nor destroyed. So ponder it this way, for example I put one piece of toast in a toaster, but when it is done I had two pieces, that makes no sense right? Same thing with a chemical reaction but in molecular terms, all things must stay constant. If you put a convinced amount you have to get that quantity back, not less or not more in broad terms.

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A dehydration reaction starting with 3.8 g cyclohexanol produces 2.6 g cyclohexene. Calculate the theoretical yield for this rea

diamong [38]

Answer:

Theoretical yield of C6H10 = 3.2 g.

Explanation:

Defining Theoretical yield as the quantity of product obtained from the complete conversion of the limiting reactant in a chemical reaction. It can be expressed as grams or moles.

Equation of the reaction

C6H11OH --> C6H10 + H2O

Moles of C6H11OH:

Molar mass of C6H110H = (12*6) + (1*12) + 16

= 100 g/mol

Mass of C6H10 = 3.8 g

number of moles = mass/molar mass

=3.8/100

= 0.038 mol.

Using stoichoimetry, 1 moles of C6H110H was dehydrated to form 1 mole of C6H10 and 1 mole of water.

Therefore, 0.038 moles of C6H10 was produced.

Mass of C6H10 = molar mass * number of moles

Molar mass of C6H10 = (12*6) + (1*10)

= 82 g/mol.

Mass = 82 * 0.038

= 3.116 g of C6H10.

Theoretical yield of C6H10 = 3.2 g

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3 years ago

The activation energy for a reaction is changed from 184 kJ/mol to 59.0 kJ/mol at 600. K by the introduction of a catalyst. If t

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Answer:

The catalyzed reaction will take 2.85 seconds to occur.

Explanation:

The activation energy of a reaction is given by:

$k = Ae^{-\frac{E_{a}}{RT}}$

For the reaction without catalyst we have:

$k_{1} = Ae^{-\frac{E_{a_{1}}}{RT}}$ (1)

And for the reaction with the catalyst:

$k_{2} = Ae^{-\frac{E_{a_{2}}}{RT}}$ (2)

Assuming that frequency factor (A) and the temperature (T) are constant, by dividing equation (1) with equation (2) we have:

$\frac{k_{1}}{k_{2}} = \frac{Ae^{-\frac{E_{a_{1}}}{RT}}}{Ae^{-\frac{E_{a_{2}}}{RT}}}$

$\frac{k_{1}}{k_{2}} = e^{\frac{E_{a_{2}} - E_{a_{1}}}{RT}$

$\frac{k_{1}}{k_{2}} = e^{\frac{59.0 \cdot 10^{3}J/mol - 184 \cdot 10^{3} J/mol}{8.314 J/Kmol*600 K} = 1.31 \cdot 10^{-11}$

Since the reaction rate is related to the time as follow:

$k = \frac{\Delta [R]}{t}$

And assuming that the initial concentrations ([R]) are the same, we have:

$\frac{k_{1}}{k_{2}} = \frac{\Delta [R]/t_{1}}{\Delta [R]/t_{2}}$

$\frac{k_{1}}{k_{2}} = \frac{t_{2}}{t_{1}}$

$t_{2} = t_{1}\frac{k_{1}}{k_{2}} = 6900 y*1.31 \cdot 10^{-11} = 9.04 \cdot 10^{-8} y*\frac{365 d}{1 y}*\frac{24 h}{1 d}*\frac{3600 s}{1 h} = 2.85 s$

Therefore, the catalyzed reaction will take 2.85 seconds to occur.

I hope it helps you!

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2 years ago

Balance the following equation.<br> ___ I + ___ O2 ___ I4O10

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4I+5O2=I4O10? which would be a synthesis reaction

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2 years ago

What is not represented by a balanced chemical equation?

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Answer is: 4) The same subscripts are on each side of the equation.

For example, balanced chemical reaction:

2Mg + O₂ → 2MgO.

1) The same number of atoms is on each side of the equation: two magnesium atoms and two oxgen atoms.

2) The formulas for all substances are correct: in magnesium oxide (MgO), magnesium has oxidation number +2 and oxygen -2, so formula is good, because compound must be neutral.

3) The same mass is represented on each side of the equation: because there is same number of atoms, the mass is the same.

4) The same subscripts are on each side of the equation: oxygen does not have same subscripts.

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3 years ago

Which property is a physical property?

Ugo [173]

Answer:

malleable

Explanation:

physical properties of matter include colour, hardness, malleability, solubility, density etc

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2 years ago